27 Ideating and building leprechaun traps has become a time-honored tradition for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. With the right twist, learning can sneak in alongside the leprechaun-laced fun. Kick off the mischief by having kids brainstorm leprechaun theories, plan trap …

Capping indirect costs would’ve led to cuts or reduced research, college leaders warned. The National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies can’t make any changes to how universities are reimbursed for costs indirectly related to research until at least …

  (Note: I am going to publish this same post regularly to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists)   As regular readers know, I have about 2,500 categorized and regularly updated “Best” …

But its findings are striking and build the argument against raising grades. Slide from Feb 3, 2026 presentation by economist Jeff Denning at Harvard Graduate School of Education Students who experienced more lenient grading were less likely to pass subsequent …

Last month, state lawmakers in Iowa introduced a bill that would allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees—and unwittingly triggered a turf war. While community college advocates argued the lower-cost degrees would benefit students in a state with vast rural …

  I think that there are lot of more substantial actions schools can do to reduce student absenteeism, but this new study finds one interesting thing that I would guess could help on the margins. This Ed Week article summarizes …

The story Mike Landry told about his students, who were majority African American, sounded depressingly familiar: poor, raised on the wrong side of the tracks, ignored, forgotten. But it made the rest of their story seem even more inspiring: Through …

For more than three decades, grades in American schools and colleges have been going up, up, up. A’s are more common. Failure is rarer than it once was. At the same time, student achievement, as measured by standardized tests like …

Over the past 18 months, I’ve had the privilege of exploring the intricacies of Indigenous education and leadership alongside my co-host, Jason Cummins. Together, we’ve delved into the nuances of culturally responsive classrooms, educational equity, and how Indigenous communities are fostering …